Female student run over while getting off bus

Savar Correspondent: A female student has been run over by a bus after she fell on the road while getting off of it in Savar.

The incident occurred near Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre (BPATC) on Dhaka-Aricha highway on Friday noon.

The deceased was identified as Shilpi Akhter, 20, a student of Chittagong Mohila Polytechnic Institute (CMPI).

Witnesses and police said the student was travelling to Dhaka from Baipail area by a Moumita Paribahan bus. She fell on the road when the driver hit the brake hard and got ran over by the vehicle instantly.

Later, her body was recovered by police.

Savar Model police station Sub-Inspector (SI) Shafayet said: “The bus and its driver are in our custody and a case will be soon filed in this regard.”

risingbd/Dhaka/August 02, 2019/Sabbir/AKA